Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-08-06
large trees about twenty-five feet
from the track. II the trees


ton and have sided as in the first in
stance, and the probability is that all
OF the passengers would have been
killed or dangerously wounded. The
Major SAID as it was he felt as
though he had been turned IN
the air about one hundred times.
In an instant Captain Starke kicked the
glass out of The door nearest him, and,
although wounded, he begun the work
OF resouirg his fellow passengers, and
labored mnnfully until the last one
was released. Major Nash had his
feet caught under "A seat on
which were two persons, and it was
some time before he could extricate
himself. Whe1 he got out he, and in
fact everybody. joined the siding party.
He speaks in the highest terms of the
whoIe-souled, kind hearted manner in
which the Richnonders and others stop
ping at Greenwood nursed and in every
way possible contributed to the comfort
of the sufferers. He could not account
for the accident unless the force in
making the curve when going so fast
threw the coaches oil.
MR.. MEYER.
Mr.. II. Fl. Meyer, of Covington, with
his wife was on the train en- route for
Ncwport News. Mr. Meyer is on
| crutches, having only one leg. He was
lin the coach which was derailed. be
stated that the train WAS running along
as usual when the car jumped the track.
He fell on his wife, and in momentthe
utmost CONSERVATION prevailed, the cries
of the ladies and the grolns of the in
| iurod combining TO make the scene one
| of terror All was so sudden that he
! could describe no special sensations.
| The car rolled down the cmbankment,
which was about eight feet high. and
tuned over on the broad side about fiji
teen feet from the track. as quick rs
possible the work of rescuing the occu-
pants of the ladies' car was begun, and
! DR.. NJ. l.. McCue was soon at hand
aGministe ring to the sufferers. Mrs.
Never received slight bruises on the
cheek and arm, but they were not pain
ful.
PERSONAL.
Mrs. Walker was suffering considera
bly Yesterday from her bruises, but in
the afternoon was easier. Her condl-
ton is by no means serious.
Mrs. Moore, who is sister OF
Messrs. r. II. and Frank d. Steger,
lives in Ashland. She was shaken up
and bruised, but not hurt.
Mr.. JohnL. Wood was uniniured, but
shaken up. He describes tire accident
as docs Mr.. Meyer. lie was enrouie
for Old Point. He had his hat on and
cane in hand. He was thrown over a
scat.
Captain Z. D. Starlle is a member OF
the City Council. lie was returning
from Ohio, where he had been to visit
his wife.
Mr.. Nathaniel Coleman, Baltimore
drummer, was quite badly hurt. lie
at once took the train for home, pre-
fening TO suffer a little on the way
rather than he laid up from home.
Jn addition to those named there
were quite q number OF both ladies aud
gentlemen who were slightly scratched !
and bruised. These left for their re-
spoctive homes on the first trains.
Captain Cason. the conductor, is
spoken of in the highest terms both rs
gentleman OF honor and q railroad-
man Of experience and care. He WAS
untiring in his efforts to relieve the sui-
fenng ones. The engineer was I. ID.
Hall.
Ore of the passengers hld his upper
lip entirely severed except at one cor
ner.
MR.. PLTlwAY.
Mr.. George w. Pcttway, the baggage
master, who was killed, was n resident
OF h.chmond and lived on FrInkhn
street. He leaves a wife and six chill
dren. He had been with the Chesl-
peake and Ohio road for number Of
years. Some years since he left its
employ for time, and was driver
for the City Railway Company. He
was on the first train that made the
trip over the new road to Newport
News.
Mr.. Pettway was also on the train at
the tine Of the memorable Jerry's Run
disaster some years a6o, and escaped
unframed.
He was an efficient employee, and IS
spoken of in the highest terms by his
employers and by all who knew him.
His remains were Inferred at Oakwo0d
at o'clock yesterday afternoon. There
were religious services at the grave.
THE CAUSE UNKNOWN.
A representative of the Disp0fch
called at the railroad Office yesterday
afternoon, but could learn nothing adj
ditional to what is given above.
In fact 10 report has yet been
made as to the extent of the damage,
The Pullman cars are not much in-
jured, but the ladies' car was cOnsidera-
bly, broken up. The officers of the
company said that, although the train
was late, it was only running about
thiriy miles an hour-the usual speed.
SCENE OF THE WRECK.
A Dispatch reporter visited the
scene of the wreck yesterday morning.
| Tie spot is very picturesque, and on
the side Of q mountain. On one hand
of the track towers lofty ridge hun
dreds of feet; on the other the land
falls rapidly to the green, level plain
stretching across the country for miles.
A force Of bands were put to work
soon after the accident to clear away
the d66ris, but they had just finished
their labors sufficiently for trains to
pass by noon yesterday, The derailed
car still lay where it had rolled down
the ombsukment.
The hotel at Greenwood presented Il
hospital appearance. In some dozen
rooms the wounded rested on cots and
mattresses, groaning and moaning,
while the guests and neighbors adj
ministered to their wants and suffer
ings. in this particular the people
were zeslously kind.
Mr. Willism Coonan, OF Louisville,
man about forty years OF age, who
was on the platform when the accident
occurred, was thrown down the public
road about forty yards, and suffered Sc
we're bruises and contusions, which
caused much pain. He was put on the
first west-bound train that passed and
sent home.
Mr.. L. l.. Curtis, OF Staunton, was
also thought to be fatally hurt. His
left car was cut nearly OF and the
carotid artery was severed.
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